Job Description

Company : IWK Health

Req ID: 165431
Department/Program: Equity and Belonging, Interprofessional Practice
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) until December 2024 x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $36.13 - $43.9213 /hour
Closing Date: 27 September, 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across . People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other\'s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our , and enjoy access to enhanced and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi\'kma\'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi\'kmaq people. Working in Mi\'kma\'ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Manager of Equity and Belonging, the Bilingual Nurse Coordinator plays a key role in supporting patients and families whose first language is not English, to ensure the delivery of safe, culturally competent, high quality, health care. The Bilingual Nurse Coordinator will:

• Provide comprehensive interpretive services for both French patients and families and English health care providers throughout IWK Health.
• Liaison with the Francophone community and community organizations.
• Develop, coordinate and implement interpretation and translation services for patients and families in all languages throughout IWK Health.
• Lead and support key policies and education related to interpretation and translation.
• Distribute, create and provide interpretation resources to clinicians and clinical teams.
• Respond and support to events filed in the Safety Improvement and Management System (SIMS) related to challenges in accessing language interpretation services, or with quality issues related to interpretation or translation.
• Lead accreditation standards and test of compliance related to translation and interpretation.
• Other duties as assigned.

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• Fournir des services d\'interpr\xc3\xa9tation complets aux patients et aux familles francophones en relation avec des fournisseurs de soins de sant\xc3\xa9 anglophones dans l\'ensemble du r\xc3\xa9seau IWK Health.
• Assurer la liaison avec le personnel infirmier et tous les autres professionnels de la sant\xc3\xa9, autant en milieu hospitalier qu\'en milieu ambulatoire.
• Vous devez disposer d\'une base de connaissances et d\'une exp\xc3\xa9rience vastes et \xc3\xa9tendues pour fonctionner de mani\xc3\xa8re efficace dans toutes les situations et tous les services offerts dans tout le r\xc3\xa9seau IWK.
• \xc3\x89laborer, coordonner et mettre en \xc5\x93uvre les politiques et les proc\xc3\xa9dures de services linguistiques, ce qui comprend notamment la formation et le soutien du personnel.
• Diriger et soutenir une vari\xc3\xa9t\xc3\xa9 de missions politiques, \xc3\xa9ducatives et administratives.
• Collaborer avec divers organismes communautaires, dont ceux qui repr\xc3\xa9sentent les communaut\xc3\xa9s francophones et acadiennes, ainsi qu\'avec les interpr\xc3\xa8tes communautaires.
• Diriger l\'\xc3\xa9laboration et la mise en \xc5\x93uvre du plan de services en fran\xc3\xa7ais chez IWK.
• Autres t\xc3\xa2ches selon les besoins.

Hours of Work

Monday - Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm; 75 hours bi-weekly.

Horaires de travail

Du lundi au vendredi de 8 h 30 \xc3\xa0 16 h 30, soit 75 heures toutes les deux semaines.

Your Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing required (candidates with commensurate experience and education will be considered).
• Registered, or eligible to be registered, with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN) required.
• Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required.
• Minimum five (5) years clinical nursing experience in an acute care/hospital setting.
• Fluency in both French and English, oral and written is required. An understanding of the various French dialects found in the Maritimes and beyond is preferred. Testing of both French and English, oral and written fluency will be completed on shortlisted applicants.
• Experience communicating and working in French and English within a health care environment is required.
• Completion of or is willingness to complete (within one year), an interpretation training course (Course cost to be covered if necessary).
• Knowledge in French and English of medical terminology, diseases/illnesses and their treatments to be able to accurately interpret for families and health care providers to support safe, high quality, culturally competent care and informed decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to function as an interpreter.
• Demonstrated knowledge in the area of Primary Health /community-based settings and group education utilizing behaviour change principles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, maintain and terminate professional therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Demonstrated strong communication and interpersonal skills with patients, families and colleagues and organizational skills

Qualit\xc3\xa9s requises

- Baccalaur\xc3\xa9at en sciences infirmi\xc3\xa8res requis (les candidatures assorties d\'une exp\xc3\xa9rience et d\'une formation \xc3\xa9quivalentes seront prises en consid\xc3\xa9ration).
- \xc3\x8atre titulaire d\'une immatriculation valide au Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN) ou y \xc3\xaatre admissible.
- Avoir suivi avec succ\xc3\xa8s, au cours des 12 derniers mois, un programme de r\xc3\xa9animation de base (BLS) de la Fondation des maladies du c\xc5\x93ur du Canada ou avoir obtenu un certificat de renouvellement.
- Avoir au moins cinq (5) ann\xc3\xa9es d\'exp\xc3\xa9rience en soins infirmiers cliniques dans un environnement hospitalier ou de soins intensifs.
- La ma\xc3\xaetrise du fran\xc3\xa7ais et de l\'anglais est requise, tant \xc3\xa0 l\'oral qu\'\xc3\xa0 l\'\xc3\xa9crit.
- Une connaissance des expressions r\xc3\xa9gionales des francophones des Maritimes et d\'ailleurs est souhaitable. Les finalistes devront passer un test de connaissance du fran\xc3\xa7ais et de l\'anglais, \xc3\xa0 l\'oral et \xc3\xa0 l\'\xc3\xa9crit.
- Une exp\xc3\xa9rience de la communication et du travail en fran\xc3\xa7ais et en anglais dans un environnement m\xc3\xa9dical est requise.
- Avoir suivi ou accepter de suivre (dans un d\xc3\xa9lai d\'un an) un cours en interpr\xc3\xa9tation (pay\xc3\xa9 par IWK Health).
- Connaissance en fran\xc3\xa7ais et en anglais de la terminologie m\xc3\xa9dicale, des maladies et de leurs traitements pour traduire correctement aux familles et aux professionnels de la sant\xc3\xa9 afin de favoriser des soins s\xc3\xbbrs, de haute qualit\xc3\xa9 et culturellement adapt\xc3\xa9s ainsi que des d\xc3\xa9cisions \xc3\xa9clair\xc3\xa9es.
- Aptitude av\xc3\xa9r\xc3\xa9e \xc3\xa0 exercer les fonctions d\'interpr\xc3\xa8te.
- Connaissances d\xc3\xa9montr\xc3\xa9es dans le domaine de la sant\xc3\xa9 primaire/des milieux communautaires et de l\'\xc3\xa9ducation en groupe selon les principes de changement des comportements.
- Capacit\xc3\xa9 av\xc3\xa9r\xc3\xa9e \xc3\xa0 d\xc3\xa9velopper, maintenir et conclure des relations th\xc3\xa9rapeutiques professionnelles avec des patients et leur famille.
- Avoir fait preuve d\'une grande capacit\xc3\xa9 de communication et de relations interpersonnelles avec les patients, les familles et les coll\xc3\xa8gues ainsi que d\'un sens de l\'organisation.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Nursing bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia\'s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre\'s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

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